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1) When Tigers Fight
Dick Wilson

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Viking Press, 1982. Subtitled, "The Story of the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945". EX-LIB with library usual stamps, markings, etc. Dust jacket is in library mylar taped to boards and with index number on spine. Crisp and tight EX-LIB copy.. ISBN: 067076003X. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SINO-JAPANESE WAR, WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, WW2, SECOND. more information

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2) The Pacific World
Fairfield Osborn

New York: W. W. Norton, 1944. The Pacific after World War II. 218 pp. With an introduction for American servicemen stationed in the Pacific by William Beebe. This copy is inscribed with a 1948 date to a past president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. The gift inscription is signed by Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr. who was the commanding general of army forces in the Central Pacific (MIDPAC). Book is tight with light corner/spine end bumping and edgewear. Interior is clean with age yellowing pages. Dust jacket has price stamped on lower portion of front flap. It is missing chips along top and bottom edges and spine extremes. There is creasing and some tearing. Lower spine area has damp stain which does not impact book. Front of dust jacket has two faint "coaster rings". Now in protective cover. Laid in the book is an order form for Bailey Willis' "Friendly China" published by Stanford University Press. Interesting little book with great historical provenance.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. POSTWAR, PACIFIC, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, NATURE, LT. GEN. ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, JR.. more information

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3) Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Herbert P. Bix

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper Collins Publishers, 2000. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 800 pp. Tight and clean copy with very light wear to boards. Interior clean. Remainder mark and light smudging to bottom page edge. Dust jacket is bright with light creasing. Nice copy.. ISBN: 006019314X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. JAPAN, JAPANESE CULTURE, SHOWA PERIOD, EMPORER OF EMPORERS. more information

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4) David Bergamini
Japan's Imperial Conspiracy

New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1971. Subtitled, "How Emperor Hirohito led Japan into war against the West". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. Tight, crisp and bright copy. Very light edgewear and there is a stain near the hinge of top page ends. Else clean inside and out. White background of dustjacket shows light rubbing and has slight creasing on spine ends and corners. Very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, WW2, SECOND WAR, WITH JAPAN, WA R IN THE PACIFIC, PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS,. more information

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5) Report from Tokyo: A Message to the American People
Joseph C. Grew

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1942. 88 pp. Black boards with bright gilt print. Spine ends and corners have slight bumping wear. Light spotting/rubbing on boards. Erasure on front free end paper. Page edges somewhat tanned. Clean interior. Dust jacket is rubbed, spotted, chipped and creased with several 1" or larger chips/holes. Still - intact and in protective cover now.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, PACIFIC WAR, THEATER OF PRE-WAR JAPAN. more information

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6) Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
Leonard Mosley

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1966. Book club edition - Tight bright copy with minor shelfwear and slight soiling to page ends. Corner bumping and edgewear.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. JAPAN, JAPANESE HISTORY, WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND. more information

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7) Dark Star
Ronnie Dugger

Cleveland: World Publishing, 1967. Subtitled, "Hiroshima reconsidered in the life of Claude Eatherly". Clean and crisp copy with very light corner and spine end bumping. Black duct jacket has some rubbing and corner chipping and creasing and chipping on spine ends. Nice, tight copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, WW2, SECOND WAR, HIROSHIMA, WITH JAPAN, IN THE PACIFIC, PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. more information

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8) Captain Rikihei Inoguchi, Commander Tadashi Nakajima, with Roger Pineau
The Divine Wind

New York: Bantam Books, 1978. From the dust jacket, "The Suicide Fliers - Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II". 228 pp. Tight, clean and bright copy with light bumping to spine ends and on edges. Dust jacket is bright with minor wear. Very nice book club edition.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. KAMIKAZE, WWII, WORLD WAR II, SECOND WAR, WW2, 2, WA R TWO, WWTWO, PACIFIC KAMIKAZE PILOTS. more information

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